Cigarette holder



83 J. M. WELCH CIGARETTE HOLDER March 10, 1925.

Original Filed NOTI. 29 1921 INVENTOR JOI IBg MWELCH,

ATTORNEY Patented Mar. 10, 1925.

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Toxall whomitmtag zconcern: 'Be it tknown'vtliat 11, JO N :M. WELCTLJI citizen of the Dominionof Canada,.r.esiding at Flushing, N..l-;Y., have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Qiga rette Holders, ofwhich ;the following is a specification. I This inventionrelates to cigarette holders or the like and its object is to devise a holder from which a cigarette, or cigar, can be readily expelled after the user has finished smoking.

An object of the present invention is to provide a device of this character which will combine the advantages of a butt ejector with the neat and attractive appearance of an ordinary holder. In other words, neither ejector nor operating means therefor will be visible.

The present invention comprehends the use of an ejector which has limited free sliding movement in the holder. It also comprehends broadly the provision of any ejecting means which will be sufficiently heavy to become operable by momentum or inertia when the holder is shaken longitudinally of its length.

The invention further consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts as will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, by showing several embodiments of the invention, it being understood however, that these are used in an illustrative sense and not a limiting one.

In the drawings,

Figure 1 shows a longitudinal vertical section through one of my holders;

Fig. 2 is a transverse section taken along the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; I

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1 but showing a slight modification; I

Fig. 4: is a transverse sectional view taken along the line 41 of Fig. 3.

I provide a usual cigarette holder 11 having the usual smoke passage 12 therethrough. The cigarette or cigar expelling or ejecting means may be described as comprising a weighted plunger 13 (preferably of a heavy metal such as brass) having an extension F14 thereon, smaller" in than'theuplungerr13, whereby azshoulderslifi i isfformed. "Ihe plunger is slidablyflocated in an enlarged portion 116 ofthesmokepas s g wh rebya e 7 s termed fe ti Plunge Ifl n ted ithattt iiall o th s eke-ra aseare ubst ntia y-ra lel throughout the llengthrgf the:- mgton Encircling' the extension 14 off epiufiger is a split or spring ring 18 sprung into place or embedded in the holder on its inner periphery and the plunger has an aperture 19 extending threrethrough to permit the passage of smoke. When the holder is held in normal smoking position, that is, substantially horizontal, the plunger 13 remains abutting its seat 17 and the cigarette remains in place in the end of the holder, but if the holder is moved or shaken quickly longitudinally of its length inertia or momentum of the plunger causes the same to move rapidly downwardly, whereupon its extension 14 engages and expels the cigarette butt from the holder. The ring 18 acts as a limit to the outward movement of the plunger in that it is engageable by the shoulder 15. V v

A modification is shown in Figs. 3 and 4 wherein a pin 21 can be used in place of. the ring 18 in Fig. 1 to serve as an outward limit to the movement ofthe plunger 13.

It will thus be seen that I have devised an extremely simple device for positively expelling cigarettes or cigars from their holders and one which is very simple to apply to holders, for there need be nooperating means for the expelling device on the outside of the holder to make it unsightly.

The reference to a weighted ejector in the claims is intended to apply only to such ejec tors as are sufiiciently heavy to become operable by momentum or inertia when the holder is shaken. I desire to cover in thiswithout departing from the invention and longitudinally Within said holder, and

hence, I do not Wish to limit myself to the precise details set forth, but shall consider myselfat libetfy to make such changes and alterations as fairly fall within the spirit and scope'of the appended claims.

What I claim is: l i 1. In a device of the class described, a holder having a bore, expelling means'freely slidable in the bore, and operable by momentum to expel a cigarette disposed ithin 7 the bore.

2. In a device of the class described, a

holder having a bore, and an element freely adapted to be thrown, by a forward thrust of the holder, against the end of a cigarette disposed Within the bore to expel the same.

eLIn a device of the class-described, a holder having a bore, a relatively heavily Weighted plunger slidable longitudinally therevvithimsaid' holder being formed With an annular shoulder to limit the sliding movement of the plunger in one direction, and a splitring sprung into the holder to limit the movement of the plunger in the other direction. 7

5. In a device of the class described, a

holder presenting an uninterrupted exterior surface, freely slidable ejectlng means entirely concealed within the holder, and operable by momentum to eject a cigarettetherefrom. v 1

JOHN WELCH. 

